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Literacy Volunteers To Build Golf Court In Library| 01:57PM / Friday, February 17, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County will transform the interior of the Berkshire Athenaeum into a golf course.
On Saturday, February 25, 18 holes of mini golf will be spread over all levels of the library in the event from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. In addition, there will be music in the auditorium, food, and crafts projects for the duffers in your group. Admission and a round of golf is $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12.
"We’re hoping to attract families as school vacation winds down, as well as groups from the various corporations who have generously underwritten the tournament,"Ron Latham, president of the Literacy Volunteers and the 0 Comments
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High School Girls Basketball To Fight Cancer In Showcase| 09:06AM / Thursday, February 16, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The county's girls high school basketball teams will battle it out Saturday to raise money for the American Cancer Society and the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research.
The Berkshire County Athletic Directors Association and the American Cancer Society are putting on the 5th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Showcase at Pittsfield High School.
Beginning at 11 a.m., this all-day event will feature six varsity gamespitting local rivals against each other. The match-ups are based on leaguestandings in an effort to schedule extremelycompetitive games between comparable teams.
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2012 Bay State Games Alpine Skiing Results| 05:02PM / Monday, February 13, 2012 | |
2012 BayState Games
Alpine Skiing
Event 1: Artistic FS4
Female 9-11 Years: Place Skaters Name Representing Team Points First Katie Stapleton Elite 5 Second Mauryn Tyack Individual 4 Third Lainey Braun FMC Fall River 2.5 Third Madelyn Morrissey Sharper Edge 2.5 Fifth Chloe Bryne Elite 1
Event 2: Artistic FS4
Mixed 12-14 Years: Place Skaters Name Representing Team Points First Carly Jennings Cape Ann 5 Second Meghan Shaffer FMC Natick 4 Third Austin StPierre FMC Natick 3 Fourth Heather Morton FMC Natick 2 Fifth Elizabeth Pier FMC Marlboro 1
Event 3: Artistic FS4
Female 15 Years: Place Skaters Name Representing Team Points First Alexis Nixon Winterland 5 Second Nyomi Warren FMC Natick 4 Third Emily Smith FMC Natick 3 Fourth Nicole
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Bay State Games Return To County FridayBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:15PM / Thursday, February 09, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Bay State Winter Games kicks off bright and early Friday morning.
The first round of figure skating will begin at 7:30 a.m. to start the three-day competition that brings figure skating, alpine skiing and ice hockey to the Northern Berkshires.
Last year, the games expanded to include other nearby states as the Olympic-style competition continues to grow. Since the Bay State Winter Games' inception in 1985, the Berkshires have played host to all the events.
The competition brings an estimated $1.5 million, Williamstown Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Judy Giamborino said last year.
The games are broken into three separate competitions. There is figure 0 Comments
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North County Wins Battle For Rail Trail MoneyBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
08:33PM / Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The north has won the battle over rail trail money.
The Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization reversed on Tuesday its previous decision to support using federal funds to extend the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail from the Berkshire Mall to Crane Avenue and decided to instead extend the trail from Lime Street in Adams to Hodges Cross Road in North Adams.
The regional planning group through the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission voted in August to prioritize Pittsfield's extension.
North County officials felt it was "underhanded" move and asked the group to reconsider. The meeting had taken place days after Tropical Storm Irene and none of North County's 26 Comments
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Livestream: Mounties Host Taconic Girls Basketball| 05:04PM / Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | |
 Mount Greylock girls basketball hosted Taconich High on Tuesday night beginning at 7:30.
iBerkshires livestreamed theevent from the Mounties Dome at Mount Greylock.
Watch here or on your mobile device by downloading a ustream app. Give us some feedback in the comments or on our sports Facebook page. The game is being recorded for later viewing. Find more games on the iBerkshire Sports channel.
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Video: Pittsfield BMXers Riding New Skate ParkStaff Reports,
06:42PM / Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The new skate park on East Street is certainly getting its use. Don't believe us? Check out this video the North Street skate shop, The Garden, tweeted of their BMX team "killin" the new park.
We do have to warn you that the music might not be appreciated by everybody. But that is what the mute button is for. Enjoy.
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PHS Lady Generals Featured in Hanzalik Hoops Classic| 10:46AM / Friday, December 30, 2011 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass.— The Pittsfield High Lady Generals basketball program will be featured in this weekend's Jill E. Harrington Hanzalik Basketball Classic in Northampton.
The second annual holiday tournament, organized by former NBA player and Pioneer Valley basketball legend Adam Harrington, takes place at Northampton High School on Friday, Dec. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 31.
The JEHH Basketball Classic serves as a living legacy to the attributes that his late sister Jill Harrington Hanzalik exhibited daily. Harrington said her zest for life, drive to achieve her aspirations, and contagious enthusiasm fueled his desire to create a memorial foundation designed to help young people 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Cuts Ribbon On New Skate ParkBy Joe Durwin, Special to iBerkshires
06:30PM / Monday, December 12, 2011 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — About 60 local youth armed with bicycles and skateboards joined city officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for what is being called the "best skate park in Western Massachusetts."
The new custom concrete skate park, designed by Who Skates of Kennebunkport, Maine, was funded partially by the city and with a $150,500 grant received by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs through the Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities program.
The recently completed park is located on the former Pittsfield High School tennis courts at the corner of East Street and Appleton Avenue, a site which has sat 3 Comments
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Six Miss Hall's Athletes Named Fall All-Stars| 01:39PM / Friday, December 09, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall’s School announces that six of its student athletes have received recognition for their performances during the fall sports season.
Senior Megan Grace, of Dalton, achieved All-New England status in cross-country; seniors Rachel Bell, also of Dalton, Crystal Lee, of New York City and Julie Rosa, of West Milford, N.J., were chosen as all-stars for the Western New England Prep School Volleyball Association (WNEPSVA); while sophomore Sophie Bellemare, of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and junior Mary Newton, of Berkshire, Mass., were named among this year’s all-stars for the Women’s Western New England Prep School Soccer Association (WWNEPSSA).
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